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better video card for the rumored XPS M1530

380 points posted to Gaming, XPS products by nicolas.velasquez 10/10/07

I've seen the rumored specs of the new XPS M1530 coming on November 7. This laptop is aimed partially/mostly people that works with 3d, video or gamers. If the specs are as follows:
# 15.40-inch display (CCFL up to 1680 x 1050, LED up to 1440 x 900)
# Core 2 Duo options from 1.5GHz (T5250) up to 2.6GHz (T7800)
# Crestline GM/PM 965 chipset with up to 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
# GeForce 8400M or 8600M GS options (up to 256MB)
# Slot-loading Blu-ray / 8x DVD±RW
# Options for 802.11a/b/g/n, WWAN, Bluetooth
# HDMI, VGA, 1394, ExpressCard, (3) USB 2.0, Ethernet, fingerprint reader, media reader
# 2.0 megapixel (with CCFL) or 300k (with LED) cameras
# Weight supposedly 4 pounds to start

I think that, even optional, the video card MUST be a:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3
If not, it will be just an Inspiron 1520 with HDMI and fingerprint reader in a different case.

timp3243
10/23/07
Or better still, the 8700M...

With the XPS m1730 the final specifications were somewhat more than what people were expecting - the Ageia physx processor and SLI dual 8700M were unprecedented.
ufu__x
10/29/07
I doubt they could put a 8700m in it without getting problems but a 8600m gt has to be possible. Most 15" worth speaking of has one and I have even seen 14" computers with it. Com'on Dell, if it wasn't for the graphics card this would be an instant win, now I have to reconsider with myself once or twice before buying.
syrics06
11/20/07
Alienware is putting the NEW 8800M GT in its new 15.4" GAMING LAPTOP which is GREAT....C'mon DELL....my 2 YEAR OLD INSPIRON E1705 with the 7900Go will out perform todays 15.4" GAMING XPS? This isn't good....nor does it make me want to upgrade.....GIVE US MORE OPTIONS!!!!
blah
11/21/07
so rumours are rumours
nov 22 now and still no xps m1530
nicolas.velasquez
11/30/07
Guess what, I got my self a Macbook Pro, now I'm running Linux and windows XP. It has a nvidia GT8600 with DDR3. So you can imagine....
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